Long Yue spun both arms, and the massive dragon phantom behind him reappeared.
"Unshakable as a mountain!" Long Yue roared. His entire body suddenly became towering and immense.
'Switching to defense now?'
Gu You chuckled. His figure flickered, and he raised his dragon claw high as streaks of terrifying purple light burst forth.
Purple Sovereign Dread Claw!
The Purple Sovereign Dread Claw slammed toward Long Yue like an unstoppable avalanche, colliding directly with his enormous frame. But the result was unexpected—the claw seemed to grab hold of a giant mountain. Though chunks of stone splattered off, it caused little actual harm.
'Is the Mountain Dragon King's defense really this terrifying?'
Gu You was stunned. This so-called "Unshakable as a Mountain" was clearly the result of Long Yue merging his first soul skill—Mountains and Rivers—directly with himself.
"Surging like the river!" Long Yue roared in the next moment. The mountain behind him swelled, and his right fist surged forward, blazing with brilliant blue light. For a moment, he seemed to have transformed into a rolling, mighty river.
'Perfect. I love close combat.'
Gu You's eyes lit with sharp fighting intent. His dragon scales began to retract slightly, and a surge of raging bloodline energy erupted from within him.
Just as he was about to meet Long Yue head-on with a punch—
Long Yue's figure suddenly blurred—and disappeared! He seemed to melt into the ground itself.
Then, without warning, a swirl of brown mud burst from the floor like a reverse mudslide, completely engulfing Gu You's body.
'No honor at all!'
Gu You cursed internally. Although his earlier Dragon God's Wrath, empowered with extreme ice, had frozen the swamp, they had all forgotten one thing—those swamps could still be created again by Long Yue!
'What kind of cursed ability is this?'
The area around him was now completely sealed in muck. Gu You unleashed soul skill after soul skill, trying to break free, but the swamp only pressed tighter, surrounding him in utter darkness and suffocating pressure.
Boom!
A tornado-like swamp slammed down from the sky and smashed into the ground. Gu You was pinned, buried deep beneath the earth by the thick, suffocating mire.
Then a mountain suddenly shot up from below, catapulting his body into the air until he slammed into the two-hundred-meter-tall soul barrier above.
Long Yue's figure emerged. The mountains and swamps vanished. Gu You's body began to fall from high above, entering a free-fall.
It was two hundred meters! Just as he neared the ground, Long Yue's massive tail swept sideways, smacking Gu You midair like a cannonball. He slammed into the soul barrier again before bouncing and crashing to the ground.
Though it took time to describe, everything had happened in mere seconds. From the moment Long Yue merged his skills, to the instant Gu You was completely engulfed, there hadn't been a single pause.
"Not bad ideas… but the attack's too weak." Gu You spat out a mouthful of dirt. 'This is the first time I've been at a disadvantage. It's… a strange feeling.'
From invincible to challenged.
Gu You had never trained specifically in combat tactics. He relied on overwhelming force. But now, facing an opponent whose bloodline was only slightly inferior to his own, he finally struggled.
He knew he could win—but Long Yue's soul skills were undeniably powerful. From afar, this didn't look like a battle—it looked like a god of creation was rewriting reality, building and wielding matter like a brush.
Long Yue's eyes burned red. Madness began leaking from him.
He rarely fought with full strength—not because he didn't want to, but because once he did, he struggled to control himself.
Just like the Mountain Dragon King's fury, once it erupted—it could destroy the world.
So while he usually seemed calm and amiable, Long Yue's true identity was that of a battle-mad berserker. When pushed too far, he lost control.
Behind great power always lurks a flaw. This world is about balance. Long Yue's immense strength came with an equally immense curse.
And right now, the one facing that curse was Gu You.
Battle!
Roar!
Both sides released sky-shaking dragon cries. Long Yue's body seethed with frenzied power.
The force of destruction flowed from Gu You's body, his aura rising another level.
"Not good!" Dean Enci's face changed on the platform.
He knew his disciple too well. The rapid escalation had pushed Long Yue toward his breaking point. But after years of training, Long Yue had been trying to suppress that madness.
Earlier, as he approached Gu You, the blood in his eyes had started to recede—showing signs of regained control.
In Enci's mind, a berserk Long Yue was invincible.
Bang! Bang!
Metallic crashes rang out—claw against claw, scale against scale.
Their fists moved faster than the eye could follow.
Terrifying energy surged around them. The soul barrier trembled violently, showing signs of fracturing.
'Gu You's a lunatic too!'
He charged in with no soul skill enhancements—just raw strength.
Onstage, their battle armors clashed—brown against purple-gold in a dazzling storm of light.
'He's lost all reason…'
Gu You furrowed his brow. 'Looks like it's time to end this.'
A burst of blue light exploded beneath his left foot.
Ice God Kick!
A blue dragon shadow soared upward, carrying Long Yue's massive body into the sky.
In his madness, Long Yue didn't even use skills—he just roared helplessly.
Gu You took a deep breath. The Purple-Gold Dragon God Halberd reappeared in his hands. He aimed at Long Yue in the sky.
"This strike… shall pierce the stars!"
BOOM!
He launched the halberd like a missile.
The blue dragon shadow in the sky seemed to sense Gu You's intent and bit down on Long Yue, dragging him downward—right toward the incoming halberd.
'No!'
At that moment, a figure suddenly burst toward the stage. As it reached the soul barrier, a flash of golden light appeared—and a hole was forcibly torn open.
Enci moved. He felt Gu You's killing intent!
But at the same time, a second red silhouette shot into the arena. The soul barrier couldn't stop him either.
"Who dares cause trouble in Star Luo City!" Enci placed both hands behind his back as a tidal wave of pressure exploded from his body.
In an instant, the Purple-Gold Dragon God Halberd veered to the side, narrowly missing Long Yue.
"Who are you?" Enci demanded.
"You're not worthy of knowing."
The figure that entered...
(End of Chapter)
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